Chocolate Chip Cookies

American cookies with crisp edges, soft middles and lots of chocolate.

Ingredients

  • 115 g butter
  • 100 g brown sugar
  • 50 g sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200 g flour
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 150 g milk chocolate

Method

  1. Cream the soft butter with the brown and white sugar.
  2. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
  3. Mix in the flour, baking soda and salt; add the roughly chopped chocolate.
  4. Chill the dough for 30 minutes; heat the oven to 180°C.
  5. Roll into walnut-sized balls, space them out and bake for 10–12 minutes until the edges are golden.